Stories from Scandinavia, Poland and the Baltics
According to news agency Reuters on 10 September 2026, the Russian military tested how to sabotage underwater cables near Svalbard with new equipment. The attempt was stopped by NATO forces, including those of Norway and the United Kingdom. Reuters sources […]
On behalf of a Norwegian court of justice, the Russian vessel Professor Molchanov has been seized by authorities on Svalbard and has to remain in the harbour of Barentsburg on Svalbard. It marks a small success for the Ukrainian state-owned […]
For decades Longyearbyen, the capital of the Norwegian polar archipelago of Svalbard, was powered by coal. But no more. On 19 October, the town’s power plant stopped running on probably the most environmentally unfriendly power source there is. Featuring image: […]
Norway has decided to keep its only active coal mine, Gruva 7 on Svalbard, open for at least another two years. Planned to close in 2023, it will now continue to run until the summer of 2025, the state has […]
Key communication cables, some are even used by the Norwegian Armed Forces, between mainland Norway and Longyearbyen on Svalbard have been cut by Russian fishing trawlers. Multiple times. Was this a deliberate operation directed by Moscow, or just an accidental […]